16 Bible Verses about Repentance, Nature Of

For when people speak of us, they tell what a welcome you gave us, and how you turned from idols to God, to serve a true and living God,

and shouting, "Friends, why are you doing this? We are only human beings like you, and we bring you the good news that you should turn from these follies to a living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you. Approach God, and he will approach you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Make your hearts pure, you doubters! Be miserable, grieve, and weep aloud! Turn your laughter into grief and your happiness into gloom.read more.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up

For even if I did hurt your feelings with that letter, I cannot regret it; even if I did regret it, when I saw that the letter had hurt your feelings perhaps for a while, I am glad of it now; not because you had your feelings hurt, but because having them hurt led you to repent, for you took it as God meant you to do, so that you should not lose anything at all through me. For the pain that God approves results in a repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets; but the world's pain results in death.

But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!'

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger! I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!" '

In my opinion, therefore, we ought not to put obstacles in the way of those of the heathen who are turning to God, but we should write to them to avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, immorality, the meat of strangled animals, and the tasting of blood.

But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers."

The Lord's hand was with them, and there were a great many who believed and turned to the Lord.

but earnestly urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn to God in repentance and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance!

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

The crowds would ask him, "Then what ought we to do?" And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man who has none, and the man who has food must do the same." Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what ought we to do?"read more.
He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to." And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."